How long do you guys think it'll be before a used FR-S costs about $17k?

[Prog]

Originally Posted by tacoss23

Yeah man, but lets face it, those are a very dime of a trillion.

It's not like Corvettes, Porsches, M3s, which you can count on finding a good bunch that were bought by older folks that had them garaged and used occasionally. Or even drove as DD, but mildly from house-to-office and nothing else.


It's a different market for entry level japanese sports cars. Those situations are REALLY hard to find.

I think you're overestimating the amount of people that abuse these cars.

Also, I'm in the south, which helps. I'd expect differently if I were in California.

[Accurate Race Shop]

Mine is worth less than 17k with 27000 miles on it. I asked a dealer just being curious and they offered 16k for it.

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[SubaSteve]

I recently sold a used car and found out a little bit. When a car hits over 100k miles is when the price drops dramatically. That's most likely when you'll start seeing lower costs when people hit that high mileage.

[SubaSteve]

Originally Posted by jasper

Mine is worth less than 17k with 27000 miles on it. I asked a dealer just being curious and they offered 16k for it.

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Dealership will always be a lot less then what you can sell privately. They look at many factors like how many cars they have on the lot in that specific color or what time of year it is(spring/fall).

[Accurate Race Shop]

Originally Posted by SubaSteve

Dealership will always be a lot less then what you can sell privately. They look at many factors like how many cars they have on the lot in that specific color or what time of year it is(spring/fall).

Oh yeah! that was for my car with a lot of modifications. Also the 100k mile mark is where financing gets tricky. Most banks don't like to loan on a car with 100k or more miles which really drives down the price.

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[supramkivtt2jz]

Originally Posted by jasper

Oh yeah! that was for my car with a lot of modifications. Also the 100k mile mark is where financing gets tricky. Most banks don't like to loan on a car with 100k or more miles which really drives down the price.

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credit unions do not seem to have issues with it. i was able to secure a loan through a local union for my last vehicle. i bought it with 101k miles

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by CAMBAM_6

If you wait 2-3 years to buy a twin for 17k they are going to have 35k+ miles and be used and auto x and tracked and drifted and molested..lol...but good luck you may find one that was babied if you look hard enough

Originally Posted by tacoss23

Another thing to consider dude....it's a BRZ. It falls under the same category of S-2000s in terms of buying used.

9 out 10 have been abused, or modded, or driven by first time drivers (specially manual trans).

Trying to find the "cheapest" used FR-S/BRZ might not be the best idea.

There's a handful of them around out here, and only one that I've seen is modded. Three are driven by older women. I don't think you'll find that many abused as such for a while. What happens is when they're seven or eight years old and readily available for 10-15 grand, that's when kids with a part time job go buy them, and then they get trashed.

Originally Posted by jasper

Oh yeah! that was for my car with a lot of modifications. Also the 100k mile mark is where financing gets tricky. Most banks don't like to loan on a car with 100k or more miles which really drives down the price.

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Penfed will do a loan on a vehicle that has over 100k, but only for two years. And they won't touch over 125k. But like you said, I don't see anyone else doing them.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could find one for 17k next year. I've seen two dip into the high 19s so far. Residual is what, 15-16k? So figure that's what they'll be going for a couple years from now, depending on condition.

[whaap]

Originally Posted by tacoss23

Trying to find the "cheapest" used FR-S/BRZ might not be the best idea.

I agree with that 100%. While there are many cars I would consider buying used I wouldn't buy any used twin no matter it's price. Too many of them are being ridden hard and put away wet. Future owners would be risking head aches.

[Frstorm]

The ones that dip under 18k in the next two years are the ones you don't want. I good cared for one will remain above 20 for the next two years. Ones that will have 60k miles in 3 years are the ones your be able to locate

[Anthony]

As soon as one gets to about 60,000 miles.